"one party 300 strong, the other 250, mostly well armed...."

   "Irish riots in Indiana. The Fort Wayne Sentinel of the 18th July, gives the particulars of an outbreak among the Irish upon the Wabash and Erie canal. By this account, a regular had been for some time deliberately calculated on, to take place on the 12th of July, the anniversary of the battle of the Boyne. Arms and ammunition were liberally provided, and on the 10th they turned out, one party 300 strong, the other 250, mostly well armed. They were yet seven miles apart, and two days short of the time for the fight. Several houses were entered, the inmates abused, and the premises rifled of arms, &c. and Mr. P. Brady, a canal contractor, was fired upon, but missed. Most fortunately, some miles of the canal
were navigable; and expresses being sent to Fort Wayne and Logansport, sufficient volunteers were raised to suppress the disturbance. These were embarked in a canal boat and conveyed to the scene of misrule in time to secure about one hundred of the rioters, and to disperse the rest.

   "To prevent a recurrence of such lawless feuds, volunteer companies were being organized in all the villages along the line of the canal, to serve as minute men, in case of further need."

[NILES' REGISTER--AUG. 22, 1835--RIOTS! NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, CONTAINING POLITICAL, HISTORICAL, GEOGRAPHICAL, SCIENTIFICAL, STATISTICAL, ECONOMICAL, AND BIOGRAPHICAL DOCUMENTS, ESSAYS AND FACTS. TOGETHER WITH NOTICES OF THE ARTS AND MANUFACTURES, AND A RECORD OF THE EVENTS OF THE TIMES. H. NILES, EDITOR. THE PAST--THE PRESENT--FOR THE FUTURE. FROM MARCH, 1835, TO SEPTEMBER, 1835--VOL. XLVIII. OR, VOLUME XII.--FOURTH SERIES. BALTIMORE: PRINTED BY THE EDITOR. AT THE FRANKLIN PRESS, WATER-STREET, EAST OF SOUTH-STREET. Pg. 439]